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Yes, friends, it’s once again my blogaversary! I’d love to share a few things about the experience of writing another 260 posts and 170,000 words.
Nothing I’ve written has gone viral. My SEO is nonexistent. I don’t include calls to action in my posts. I’m doing everything wrong, pretty much. And yet writing this blog is one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself.
Read MoreThe most liberating thing happened when I told everyone I knew on Facebook about my new website.
Nothing. (Cue the sound of the lonesome wind howling across the frozen tundra.)
I had been writing and publishing on a blog every weekday for five months. You’d think that this collection of over a thousand friends, family, clients, former clients, students, former students, and random acquaintances would be interested in what I was writing, right?
Read MoreI wouldn’t have started this blog if I didn’t find it intrinsically valuable to spend the time writing.
That said, I’m not sure if I would have continued the blog if nobody read it.
But I want to be clear: I’m defining “nobody” as nobody. Not a single person.
Not like the teenager saying “nobody likes me” when they really mean that nobody popular pays attention to them.
Read MoreOver the holidays, a family member mentioned that he’s been learning to play guitar.
Or, he had been learning, but it turned out to be more difficult than he had thought, so he gave up in frustration.
He used an app that showed the sequence of notes to play as the recording of a given song played in the background. The notation moved along, conveyor-belt style, sort of like the game Guitar Hero.
Read MoreIf you’re reading this right now, do you have any idea how grateful I am?
I write because I write. It’s an important practice for me regardless of what happens afterward. That said, sharing my work is also an important practice, and that’s only possible when I have someone to share it with. I truly appreciate that you are willing to spend your precious time and attention on a piece that I created.
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